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Archive for July, 2009

A Simple Shell Script to Create a Custom php.ini on Dreamhost’s Shared Host

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

While shared hosts offer great service for little cost there can be problems with sites timing out when uploading large files or you would like to be in more control of your server a bit. Just change the value for site and you’ll be off to the races. There are some other values you can [...]

Posted in Dreamhost, featured, php | 4 Comments

WordPress Google Sitemap Generator Plugin mktime() Error Resolved

Friday, July 24th, 2009

If you use the Google Sitemap Generator Plugin for WordPress and receive the following error using WordPress 2.8+ you are not alone:
Warning: mktime() expects parameter 1 to be long, string given in/wp-content/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/sitemap-core.php on line 2438
A solution for this was posted in the WordPress forums and is posted below:

Find and edit the plugin file sitemap-core.php then [...]

Posted in gnu gpl, php, wordpress plugins | 1 Comment

Need reliable high speed internet?

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

If you are in favor of defending net neutrality, enjoy solid uptime or want an alternative to Comcast here are two services I have used which work wonderfully.
AT&T U-verse
Great fiber optic package with combined internet, TV and VOIP services with solid uptime. AT&T is a corporate defender of net neutrality. They also have reasonable DSL [...]

Posted in eff, i came as a rant, net neutrality | 1 Comment